anybody else get any pictures of the iss passing overhead to

[lokisbong]

I don’t know why this is all wavy. Its a thirty second exposure. I know I wasn’t touching the tripod for most if the exposure. the only guess I have is it was around 85% humidity when I took this.

iss fly by by lokisbong, on Flickr

[LeicaLens]

“That’s no moon…”

“We know that, Ben, you senile old git. Shut it.”

[ravnostic]

As a matter of fact, I do have several pictures of the ISS. But my favorites are the ones taken through my telescope. Here’s a crop of one:

I need to get back out and try to do better, obviously. My exposure setting (1/400th) was too long to get it clearly, and it doesn’t help that in an 11 inch scope, it’s moving pretty damned fast. A bunch more, but they all look pretty much the same:

[ravnostic]

Oh, and taken June 9th, 2010, 3:18am, from Meridian Rd & University area in Mesa, Az. 🙂

[sleeping]

You just need a bigger flash. Like 2 or 3 megatons…..

[ravnostic]

You just need a bigger flash. Like 2 or 3 megatons…..

Anyone know where I can get a Fat Man on the cheap?

[Kestrana]

Craigslist…

[ravnostic]

Craigslist…

I thought that was just for estate sales…and tricks.

[caradoc]

You just need a bigger flash. Like 2 or 3 megatons…..

Or just about 500 watts of properly collimated red, green, and blue lasers…

[orionid]

Do like the WTC light towers. 7000 5KW spotlights linked together. Everybody needs 3.5 Megawatts of illumination (or roughly the energy consumption of a small town on a hot summer day).

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